I know I've been writing short chapters lately so...Thank you for not giving up on me and this story yet! And I shall reward you with a 2,000+ chapter! Be thankful! (The other reason for this is because I want Amid The Ruins to be done)
Hope you enjoy reading!
Bonnie, Duck and Mike are off to the museum, Duck doesn't really like museums. They're really boring to be honest. But he doesn't want to be with Jane either, there is something about about her that makes him...scared. but he can't quite put a finger on it. At first he thought she was a Carol Peletier from AMC's The Walking Dead younger version but it turns out that that hair is the only thing similar whatsoever. But who is he to judge? He barely interacted with her anyway.
"Huh...it's doesn't seem overrun." Bonnie looks at the museum in front of them.
"But it doesn't look like a place we could stay in." Mike shakes his head. "From the looks of it, It doesn't have much useful stuff either. But I think we should still check it out, You never know."
"Alright." Bonnie nods and walks to the museum while still looking around. "Be careful, There's broken glass everywhere." Bonnie warns.
While the two adults look for stuff, Duck looks around the museum. Hoping to find something interesting or useful, "Dammit, At least a candy bar or two?" He mutters.
After giving up, Something caught his eye. "Huh...My clothing seems to be enough for me already but who knows?" He examines the coat.
While he examines the coat, Little does he know that a certain little girl is sneaking behind him. She quickly grabbed the boy on the shoulder and yelled "BOO!", Surprising him.
"GAH!" Duck turns around and falls on his back, Seeing the 'attacker'. He frowns, gets up and softly punches the girl on the shoulder. "Dang it, You got me." He softly smiles at her.
"Of course, I once placed a bug under your pillow. Didn't I?" Clementine chuckles. "How can I not surprise a crybaby like you?"
"Whatever." Duck kneels down and picks up the jacket.
"Oh, By the way." Clementine pulls out a wooden sword thing from her back. "Found this in the gift shop, I remembered how you loved Samurai X. So..here. Couldn't find a real one though."
Duck grins and embraces the girl, "Thank you, Clem!" He finally lets go of the girl and jumps around with his new weapon. "Finally! I can be Himura Kenshin! Or maybe Kirigaya Kazuto!"
"It's a wooden sword, I think you'll be more like Sakata Gintoki." Clementine shrugs.
"Oh yeah? Then who will you be?" Duck looks at her judgmentally.
"I dunno." Clementine shrugs again. "And what do you mean by that?"
"Who will you be in Gintama?" Duck points to himself. "I'm gonna be Gintoki, Who will you be?"
"Can we stop this?" Clementine rolls her eyes. "We shouldn't waste this chapter with Anime."
"Fine, fine."
"Hey, You love birds done over there?" Bonnie and Mike approaches them, While Bonnie teasing and all that. "I'm just kiddin' with y'all, Y'all are still too young for datin' anyway."
"I found two gallons of water, There's nothing else here so let's get going." Mike insists.
Bonnie nods and walks away, Only stopping and crouches down with Mike. "Duck, Clem! Come over here!" She whispers.
Both Duck and Clementine crouch down and walks over to Mike and Bonnie, A raccoon, They see a raccoon.
"It walked on in like it owned the place." Bonnie looks at the raccoon. "Figure it'd make a nice meal."
"We can eat a raccoon?" Duck raises a brow.
"I'd eat the shit out of that raccoon." Mike stared at the raccoon.
The three stared at him. "Not like...it's just- I'll be really happy to eat that raccoon." Mike excuses.
After trying to capture it, the raccoon heads outside where it is revealed to have a family, Or at least kids.
The four decided to go back to Parker's run with two water barrels and a coat.
As they return, They see Rebecca screaming in pain while Duck is somewhat disappointed, As if the author is running out of ideas. At this point, we'll be losing readers by now. He sighs.
*SKIPPIN'*
After the deck collapsed after you-know-what happened and crashing the herd of walkers with it. The group quickly scurry and return to Rebecca, only to discover the lifeless baby in Kenny's hands. However, as the child seems lost, it begins to cough and breathe. And so the group retire for the night within the observation deck.
Later that night, Clementine wakes up to see Rebecca worshiping the baby. (Too much? ._.) Rebecca notices the girl and smiles at her. "Hey, Clementine."
"Hey, How's he doing?" Clementine walks over to Rebecca and the baby.
"He's perfect."
"If it was a girl then we would have called her Judith Grimes." Duck joins the conversation, Rubbing his eye. Still half-asleep.
"Do you...wanna hold him?" Rebecca smiles at both Duck and Clementine.
"I...don't think so..." Duck shrugs. "I don't know how..." Clementine adds.
"It's easy. Just keep him close and support his head." Rebecca hands the baby to Clementine.
"What's wrong, Duck? You don't like babies?" Kenny approaches them. "I remembered when you were younger, you always wanted a little brother."
"Remember the time I held my cous-"
"That doesn't matter now, you were barely a toddler back then. You're almost a teenager now, You should learn to take of this little guy now." Kenny gives his son a soft smile.
Duck looks at the baby hesitantly. Then at his father who nods at him.
As he holds the baby, It begins crying. "What do I do?!" Duck panics.
"You know what to do?"
With that reply. Duck sighs and slowly cradles the little one. "Shhh. Shh, Calm down.." Duck smiles at he sees the baby calming down.
"You're a natural." Rebecca compliments.
"Look at y'all, Like an older sibling." Kenny comes closer to them and calmly takes the baby from Duck's hands. "Here, Lemme take him. Y'all should rest, Especially you." Kenny refers to Rebecca.
"When was the last time you slept, Kenny?" Rebecca questions.
"About two years ago, But I'm fine. Plus, Somebody's gotta watch you while mama gets her beauty sleep." Kenny smells the baby. "You never forget that smell."
After Kenny leaves, Duck notices Jane doing something. He pokes Clementine. "Hey Clem, Isn't that Jane? What's she doing?"
"I don't know," Clementine gets up and walks over to Jane, With Duck following her.
"Aw, shit." Jane swears at the two kids caught her.
"What are you doing?" Clementine looks at her.
"Listen...I'm sorry, I've gotta go.' Jane excuses as she opens the gate thing.
"Go? Go where?"
"Just...away. Okay?" Jane then walks away. "Listen...When the shit hits the fan, 'Cause it always does. Remember that you can make it on your own. It's not an option for everyone...if things start heading south, don't let them drag you down with them. You don't owe them anything." Jane brings out her nail file and give it to Clementine. "Versatility is not overrated."
As Jane leaves, Clementine sits by the stairs while Duck just stands.
Luke arrives and stands by Duck. "Thought you'd both be asleep right now, Y'all okay?"
"We're fine.'
"Okay, Good. Hell of a night though..." Luke sighs. "Temperature's dropping. We're low on food. I think we've gotta stay put for a while. Y'know, Rebecca and the baby. So I'm thinking as soon as it gets light, Jane and I should go explore, See if we can find a place to scavenge."
The two looked down, With Luke wonder why. "What?"
"Jane left...for good."
"What? When?"
'"Just now."
"Are you serious? She didn't say anything about leaving to me, What the fuck!" He angrily bangs the wall. "Dammit!"
"Hey, Keep it down." Kenny arrives with the crying baby.
"Sorry, I...sorry. Just...Jane's gone." Luke scratches his head.
"Really?! Luke? Of all the childish bullshit."
"Childish? Goddammit, Kenny. You know what? Just...lay off."
"No. You put our lives, This BABY's life at risk so you two could roll around like fuckin' teenagers!"
"You both are acting like jerks." Clementine joins in. "All you guys do is fight."
"Look, I'm sorry. Okay? I fucked up" Luke apologizes. "..But you know what? Jane, She made an offer and...Jesus Christ, I needed it. Okay? I mean, Look around you, Everything is SHIT. So forgive me for wantin' to enjoy one moment of somethin' else!"
"Fine. But this baby...he's what matters now. Got it? So get your shit together."
"Kenny, Where's my baby?" Rebecca calls out.
"Is everything alright?" Mike interrupts them.
"Everything is fine." Luke walks away.
"We're gonna need a good place to raise him, which ain't here. we gotta push on. We head north. Get to Wellington. That's our best shot." Kenny announced.
"There's a town across the river, It might be safe there." Clementine suggests.
"Or it might be a good stop on the way,"
"Kenny!' Rebecca yells.
"I'm sorry." Kenny walks over to Rebecca and hands her the baby
"Clem's gotta point, That could be a whole town full of supplies, And not that far from here!" Bonnie agreed.
"Whole lot better than here, anyway. looks like that's our best bet. We get on the road as soon as possible...we leave at first light." Kenny looks at the town.
"Wait what? What're you talkin' about? Rebecca needs rest. A few days...at least." Nick reasons.
"Wait...when's my line gonna be? I don't think they already know that I survived." Sarah joins the argument. "Oh right," The teenager clears her throat. "We still have the baby formula..."
"That won't help the rest of us. And what about shelter? We'll freeze out here." Mike crosses his arms.
"Dad's right, We should leave in the morning."
"How the fuck would you expect a woman who has given birth not too long ago to travel?!" Nick argued.
"I'll be fine, If there's a chance there's food, We have to risk it." Rebecca said.
Luke sighs. "Okay, Fine. If that's what you want."
"But I think we should get some sleep now...It's been a long day.." Sarah says.
The next morning, The group is now walking on the snow. With Kenny, Luke and Nick on the lead, Sarah and Bonnie supporting Rebecca and Duck, Clementine and Mike on the back.
Rebecca falls. "You all right?" Bonnie asks.
"She's exhausted." Luke glares at Kenny. "We all are."
"I can keep going." Rebecca stands up and continues walking.
"We shoulda stayed put. We shoulda stayed put until she was in better shape." Luke accused.
"She wasn't gonna get no better back there. We gotta find food. We gotta find someplace warm." Kenny reasons.
"This look like someplace warm to you?" Luke argued. "We could still turn back."
"That's not an option." Kenny disagreed. "Everybody hang in there. We gotta keep movin'. If we're gonna make it to that town before nightfall."
"You don't even listen to anybody else, You just go on barkin' orders!" Luke yells.
"Luke's right, Dad. Everyone's tired." Duck joins in.
"I know they are. But waitin's only gonna make things worse. You agreed with me on that last night.'' Kenny disagrees.
Rebecca falls again. "Over here, There's a place to sit." Mike points at a car tire.
Rebecca weakly stands up and walks over to the 'seat'.
"Rebecca, Let me take the baby." Kenny says.
"He's okay, I've got him."
"No, You rest for a minute. I'll watch him."
"Back off Kenny. She said she doesn't want you to take the baby. Don't be weird about it, Okay?" Luke butts in.
"Hello?" a voice interrupts them. After that he said something even the author cannot write, Mostly because the author is not Russian.
Clementine eyes widens. "Arvo?"
"Arvo?" Duck turns to Clementine.
"Jane and I met him at the observation deck, Before everyone else came." Clementine explains.
"That's the guy?" Luke asks.
"You know this son of a bitch? What's he want?" Kenny turns to Clementine.
"Hello? Please?" Arvo yells out.
"I don't trust him. Also, he might be mad at us." Clementine shrugs.
"Everybody, Keep your eyes open." Luke advised as the group walks over to Arvo.
"Hello! You are Clementine." Arvo greeted. Looking at Clementine.
"What's goin' on here, Friend? You got people with you? Where are they?" Kenny calmly asked.
"You're not here on your own, are you?" Luke looks at him.
Suddenly, Other Russian people comes out, holding them at gunpoint. "These are my friends. We stay hidden for safety. But you, We know. You are Clementine."
Then the Russians speak to each other that even the author cannot understand.
"Whoa there, Ben-look-alike. We don't want any trouble." Duck calmly reasons.
Arvo raised at brow at the boy, "Ben? Who is Ben? You mean the scary story, Ben Drowned?" Arvo then shakes his head. "I told them you are the ones who robbed me, They think it's funny that you are just a little girl." Arvo explains, referring to Clementine.
"'Robbed'? Clem?" Duck turns to Clementine, Confused.
"And they want you and your friends to put down your guns so we can take your things." Arvo says.
"Maybe we can work something out."
"I'm sorry Clementine. But we are not here to make deals, Buricko is saying that we will take everything." Arvo explains.
Then they point guns at each other and hurr durr, You know what happens.
"All of you, Just put your guns down. This will be fine." Arvo reasons.
"Fine my ass."
"We have a baby!" Clementine yells. The baby then starts crying.
"You have the baby with you?" Arvo asks, Looking surprised. Then speaks Russian to the other Russians.
As the others starts yelling at each other, Duck slowly turns around to the baby. Which revealed that Rebecca has died and turned a walker. Duck hesitantly points his gun at Rebecca, And shoots her.
"NO!" Luke yells as the group starts shooting at each other
Okay, So far. I saved Nick and Sarah, I suppose you already know who's next. But for those who wanted to save Rebecca, I'm so sorry but she has to die. Not that I hate her, It just...for the story. Okay? Then again, I'm sorry.
Reference time! And there's quiet a lot this time...
Carol Peletier from AMC's The Walking Dead- If you watch the show then you know who I mean, If you don't. Then Carol is a middle aged woman with Jane's hairstyle.
Samurai X- Also known as Rurouni Kenshin, An Anime/Manga about a former assassin named Kenshin Himura, A wandering samurai who protects the people of Japan with a vow of never to take another life. You know what? Look it up.
Himura Kenshin- Like I said, A former assassin who is now a samurai with a vow to never take another life.
Kirigaya Kazuto- Also known as Kirito, The main character from the Anime/Manga. Sword Art Online.
Sakata Gintoki- The Main Protagonist of the Anime/Manga Gintama, Also my favorite Cartoon character of all time, Yes I said cartoon. Whatcha gonna do about it, Weaboo?
Gintama- An Anime/Manga Set in Edo which has been conquered by aliens named Amanto, the plot follows life from the point of view of samurai Gintoki Sakata, who works as a freelancer alongside his friends Shinpachi Shimura and Kagura in order to pay the monthly rent.
Anime- A term for a Japanese Cartoon.
Judith Grimes- Another baby From both The Walking Dead comics and TV series.
Ben Drowned- A well known Creepypasta about a kid named Ben who died in a drowning accident and haunts a copy of the game "Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask"
Thanks for Reading! (I am so excited to write 'No Going Back'!)